Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Helicopter Aerials...and Aviation Stuff
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:06:43 -0800

"David W. Almy" wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> For fun, I've posted a helicopter-to-helicopter shot I took last summer.
> It can be seen at http://www.nbaa.org/baus/images/helicopter.jpg. The
> picture was taken using an R8 and the 70-180 wide open at about 130mm.
> Exposure was about 1/250th wide open (f2.8) on E200 with the camera set
> on "A" with me contorted and shooting out a tiny back door window in a
> Bell JetRanger.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hi David,

Nice shot!!!  Very well done.  "And only hand held you say? :)  Maybe
make some hand hold believers out of those "everything on tripod"  folks!

Love it and in two moving helicopters.    Were you working head set to
head set with the pilot in the other helicopter or giving directions to
your pilot only?

ted